Principal Consultant - Experience - NJ/NY

The person will be a key member of the client engagement team focused on understanding strategic objectives and defining path to achieve, with primary responsibility for gathering and analysing data, interviewing clients, developing hypotheses and contributing to strategic recommendations 
Be a critical member of the overall Photon team at the client responsible for designing and executing strategic digital initiatives 
Conduct market and competitive analysis including synthesizing and presenting insights to clients 
Demonstrate ability to “listen” to the client and craft appropriate strategic response including framework development, work break down structure, developing execution plans and specific workstream outcomes 
Identify issues critical to the clients' strategic and operational success, and propose solution approaches and supporting technology & tools to address 
Develop solutions to business & technical problems, by documenting key requirements and supporting business case justification 
Perform industry analysis, benchmark analysis and gap assessments to generate insights about client and their capabilities and rank versus market leaders 
Manage day-day client interaction and relationships with key stakeholders and sponsors 
Build, own and drive the engagement plan including cross-functional alignment and management by influence 
Collaborate and develop new frameworks, methodologies, point of view and best practices based on deep client experience and market insights 
Evaluate opportunities for feature and service innovation, helping clients understand the leading-edge technologies and the transformational impact on their business 
Primary contributor to business case development leveraging Photon’s engagement and ideation methodology, with the ability to present findings at team & client meetings 
Effective member of multidisciplinary team, with strong collaboration skill and ability to engage effectively across Photon to gather expertise and focus solution development  

Skills Required

6+ years of consulting or industry experience (Retail, Finance/Banking, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical preferred) 
Specific experience with the integration of a Digital Asset Management system (DAM) with marketing communications. 
Experience with OpenText and or Quadient would be a plus 
Broad MarTech Experience preferred, including UI/UX Design, Journey Mapping, Content Management, eCommerce, Marketing Automation, CRM, Service & API Development, Cloud Deployments & Migrations and supporting technologies & tools  
Outstanding analytical capability & data modelling skills, with the ability to synthesize and visually present findings  
Foundational understanding of strategy and operations within targeted industries 
The ability to effectively operate independently and in a team environment 
Effective user of project collaboration tools document, assign tasks to team members, manage and monitor progress and drive team productivity 
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, proficient with MS Office & Google Suite for collaboration 
A relevant advanced degree or MBA from a top educational institution  
In addition to above, high emphasis on motivated, self-starter, quick learner, innovative, awareness & evangelism of the latest solution & technology adoption trends  
Must be willing and able to travel 50% or more to client work locations based current project / engagement requirements